
Dogs in the Athenian Agora
(text in Modern Greek)
Colin Whiting(Author)
American School of Classical Studies at Athens (Publisher)
Published on 31. August 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
44 pages
978-960-7067-12-8 (ISBN)
Description
In this book, readers are shown how dogs fit into ancient Greek society with material from the last 90 years of excavations at the Athenian Agora by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Topics range from how ancient Greeks hunted with dogs and what they considered a proper dog's name to the excavation of tender burials in the Agora and the sacrifice of dogs to the gods of the underworld. Mythological dogs like the three-headed Kerberos appear, as do the pawprints that very real dogs left behind more than a thousand years ago. Dozens of illustrations of pottery, sculpture, and excavated remains enliven the text. Anyone curious about dogs in antiquity and how they relate to dogs in the present day will be sure to find interesting material in this portable, affordable text.
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Series
Language
Other
Place of publication
Athens
Greece
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
50 col figs.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 2 mm
Weight
118 gr
ISBN-13
978-960-7067-12-8 (9789607067128)
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Colin M. Whiting is Managing Editor in Byzantine Studies at Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection.